Faithfully His: Precious Moments

As the summer draws to a close, the time I have left with the staff, especially those leaving early becomes very short. Jess is leaving next Sunday and because of our schedules last night was the last time we were going to have a chance to spend time together. She had a project (her shell turtle) that needed to be finished by today and so I kept her company while she worked and we finally had a chance to talk. The time passed so quickly as we talked about things going on in our life now, shared where we think God's leading us, read verses on God's faithfulness and the entire amazing Psalm 37, sang various songs, shared our testimonies and just spent time together. She finished her project and it was 4:30am and getting light out! We couldn't believe how such a short time it had seemed. In our adventurousness and spunk we decided that it was our last chance to do something crazy and we wanted to make the memory together so we pulled an all nighter. After the project was finished we went to the craft shop to wrap it, went to the dock at sunrise, and decided that swimming at 5:50 would be fun (which it was - it was amazing). I did take a short 45 minute nap before breakfast - so no worries - I slept. lol :) As tired as I was this morning (I'm doing okay right now but I'm going to go take a nap again) I do not regret a single thing about last night because it was one of those precious moments God gives us with the special people He puts in our lives. Only God knows how much I needed that time last night to talk through what's been on my heart and mind. I was struggling alot throughout this week and God used the care and love of a friend to minister to both of us because I found out later that Jess needed our conversation as much as I did. I'm so thankful to the God who works all things together for good and works in our lives to make the beautiful and amazing - simply because.

Jessie working on her turtle

The finished turtle - and this picture in no way does justice how cool this thing looks. It's made out of the shells she picked in Mozambique on a missions trip right before camp.